StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: Brazil

Another significant increase in the destruction of the Brazilian [Amazonian] rain forest. {compare to the 2020 graphic} Bolsonaro REALLY needs to get a grip on this growing environmental disaster. [and the coivid-19 pandemic]. . . Not my Image ; Fair Use & public information

That's a huge area of deforestation in less than two decades, and it will have wide-reaching affects - not just the loss of a significant carbon sink, but also habitat loss, leading to the extinction of some species. Note that a lot of the Amazonian clearances were accompanied by burning off vegetation from vast swathes of land - this recently exposed soil rapidly declines in fertility and is subject to extensive erosion. Don't forget the creation of carbon dioxide and particulates in the smoke from these fires. . . Not my Image ; Fair Use & public information